Tommy Tucker's bio

How do you describe a cloud formation? Or that perfect bite of soufflé ? I don’t know…but I DO know this. I’m a Leo and the ladies dig me. So do puppies and postal workers. Wait…what?

Now that I have your attention let’s get on with this biography assignment. I’m a native Algerine…a Wanker. For ya’ll that don’t know what that means I grew up on the Westbank - on Lauradale Drive in Algiers. It’s near Behrman Stadium and O. Perry Walker High School. I didn’t go there, however. I attended Archbishop Shaw, also on the Westbank, but decided to go away for college…across the river to UNO. Other than moving to Las Vegas, which is WAAAAAAY across the river, I’ve never lived anywhere but the Westbank. Las Vegas was great but it wasn’t home. Wanna hear a true story? It was while watching the movie “Blaze” in a Vegas theatre…and seeing those beautiful shots of Louisiana…and realizing HOW MUCH I missed this amazing area that I decided to come home after 9 months. I’ve never regretted it.

I got my B.A. some 13 years after graduating from Shaw. I’m not THAT dumb, I just picked up a minor in life along the way. Some of the “classes” I took included construction at the rebuild of the Continental Grain elevator, purchasing materials for the Mississippi River Bridge Authority, service management for Firestone and an insurance sales career that lasted for about 48 hours. The problem was that “siren song” of radio. It was always beckoning and I had to answer its call.

Morning shows and music radio had been my forte’ until that day in August 2005 when a hurricane named Katrina would change all of our lives forever. It sent me to WWL where I had the fortune to work closely with Garland Robinette, watch the master and work and absorb as much as I could. I had always been a fan of WWL, first falling in love with morning radio listening to Bob Ruby and Maury Magill while driving to UNO in the mid 70’s and attempting to delude myself into an accounting major. That love affair with the Big 870 continued throughout the years with the many great stars that have graced the airwaves…names like Eric Tracy, Rob Aubert and, of course, David Tyree. I cannot begin to express how humbling it can be to walk into the studio and know that I now get to share that same microphone.

I’m glad that I took the “road less traveled” and spent that time bouncing around from job to job...ah…that is… I mean …gaining valuable life experience. That experience has been as helpful as my degree when it comes to my job here at WWL. Having knowledge of the practical along with the theoretical often helps me separate fact from fiction and perception from reality. That, simply put, is my goal when I tackle and try to make sense of so many of the complicated issues that we all face today.

I’ve owned a home in Belle Chasse since 1993 and I live there with my wife, daughter, two dachshunds and a Scottish terrier that is absolutely out of his mind. It can be a circus but that’s good…because circuses are fun, extremely entertaining and never boring.

Oh boy. Saints training camp hasn’t even started, and I’ve got my first worry of the season already.
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